New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-18
MICHAEL DAVITT AS A PEACEMAKER.

THE MISTAKES OF MR.. GEoRGE-HOw DIR. NGLiNN
WOULD BE TREATED AT ROME.
Among the callers on Michael Davitt yesterday
we're deputaions from YoDkers and Brooklyn asking
him to lecture these places. but he was firm IN bis
refusal and said his next and only public speech on
the Irish question in this country would be at Mad on
Sauare Garden on s ,nday evening Speaking TO a
TRIBUNE reporter about the Father McGiynn incident
the general tenor OF Mr.. Dnvtts remarks was that
OF a man ~ho visheA to throw oil on the troubled
water. and thus help amicable settlement OF the
DISPUTE To the question what he thought OF Henry
Georges two articles IN The Standard Mr.. Davitt
SAID:
have stated before and repeat it now that they
were uLwIse ILL ad vised, aud wrong. Not by any
means because Archbishop Corrigans Pronunciation OF
his lsnu theory 'o'rect but because he coroo,d-
the Catho ic Church with Archbishop Cofrigan IN ths
matter and sssuiis tue former when he should nave
confined himself to the latter"
DO any recent occurrences in Irh politics furnish
q parallel casef' =.
m, NAL bch was be tLree years ago. Everybody
nows that Archbishop CrOke was one OF tho first sun
scr,bers-the first think putting down his name for
$3.50: and everybody al knows that the Testimonial
was dragging aOns very sO~ly, having reached only
$1,000 $1,000 alter several Lonth' Oh enort,
wnen in Unexpected moment tho reser'pt from me
Propag aida was published, AFTER several weeks III
trieuins The part OF LYNN ton. denonnc.n! inc
testimonial and prohibiting priests from suDsc1onS 10
Was the testimonial u failure 7"
GOn til, contrary, il was a most uniooked-ior sue
cess The people became ind gDant anu men who had
"A ready suUscibeu doubled tbeir subscriptions, anu
men who bad not intended to subscribe nj all cent
large Conatious Fniuref mol Ii ran mp In . few
weeks to .2U, 600 an ,ut three times as high hSuie
as il PROBABLY wouia have reac Ieu If Romc had not IN
,erfered. rubo meetings @eIe held al over the
country, But mark the difference; there was no re-
gious revolt, there talk of religion at MI III tte
matter. Ii dscns ed purely as political matter
lie Pope Instituted investi, cation AM got all ne
CESAR, information about the n Ovehent HOn Caru-
nal Manning through thrd pei ION whose name VIII
H.. known when the history OF the ajar comes to DO
writ n. Henry G-orsr should have confined himself
enlir-v the Archbishop ami let the Catholic Chdreh
alone "
-Do Henry GEORGES views as laid down IN
Progress and Poverty conn ct with tue doctrines OF
tne Catholic Church E.
"Absur,l! OF course they do not and Father Nc
Gl, mn has jus much night 10 b-lieye IN Natonai-
Eaton Of tue land aud TO advocate IT as Archbishop
CUrugan has to believe III lHndlUrtlism ana 8vOcat~
IT. hut the feet ia apparent that Archbishop Corn an
either does understand else has not given sum
ci-nt study to Mir Georges pro FAMINE OF seiAl 10,
form. | talking day in Dub IN to Joe
Big .er, of the members of Paii-ment for Cavan,
and he was vigorously assan- Mr.. Georges theories
-" No. lie re,,lied never read the trash and
that is he case with very many people"
sWiI Father McGlynn leave the CburohT
"N~ver know him too well to maViDe anything
Of the kind ana Condemn strongly the imniled sug-
grsti,ns Tie pant Of those who are deftnons him
that he should do 80 80
L" How would Fsther McGlynn he treated in Rome v
From my experience vt Rome tina that the DISCO
siton is to lean to he size of he accused party